What about doing a "best song ever" contest??

[caralladas76]

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//**// 14.04.2009 WE ARE ALREADY VOTING!!! PLEASE, DON'T PROPOSE ANY MORE SONGS, GO TO THE LAST PAGE ON THIS FORUM AND JOIN US WITH YOUR VOTES!! //**//


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//*// 03.04.2009 i'm editing this message on april the 3rd so it seems it is confusing people. At this point in time, with this message i was just proposing the contest, so rules weren't settled yet.

The only rule that applies for the contest to get started is this: VOTE AS MANY ARTIST YOU WISH, WITH A LIMIT OF 3 SONGS PER ARTIST".

When we get enough songs to choose the ones voted the most, we'll start our traditionar 'pair-to-pair' competition. //*//



I know this is a "best albums ever" website, but... what about doing a "best song ever" contest here on the forum?


Since there are millions of tunes, trying to start using our traditional "pair by pair elimination series" would be nonsense and infinite, so i would propose to do the following first:

1.- pick the "top-ranked bands" here on this website and go band by band. Pick your 3 fav tunes of that band/artist. Vote for them here on this forum. In my opinion this would give us a quite representative list of tunes to be considered for the tournament.

2.- complete your list with more tunes you like from other bands that you believe they must compete. I´d introduce a limit here of 3 tunes by artist, as before, and say, 50 tunes in total by voter?? just in order to make this list not so long.

3.- summing up all votes in 1. and 2. by all voters within a period of time (we can leave this period of time open so far), choose the best 3 tunes by first 20 bands (3 times 20 bands = 60 tunes), the best 2 tunes by bands from 21 to 100 (2 times 80 bands = 160) and complete the list with the 36 tunes voted the most on step 2.-


This would leave us with 256 best songs to start our "pair by pair" competition as usual.


Do you agree??

[Elston]

I think it might take a very long time to vote on the songs that will contend in the tournament. Can you explain a bit more how you see that playing out? I think it's a great idea.

[maxxy]

Yeah. We would have to start out the tourney with...512 songs to make it comprehensive and the bracket easy.
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[caralladas76]

Maxxy: 256 or 512 is up to you people, as you prefer. It was just an idea, and i agree it should be "bracket easy".

Elston: my idea is that trying to make the "start list" freely it would only lead us to people saying lots of songs, arguing one to each other about which songs from the beatles should be considered and which dont, and also probably would lead also to some "important" songs that we could indeed forget to include. So trying to "structure" this start list in a way i think it should help us.

I think the best way to implement this would be letting the next few weeks, say a month, for people to propose their 3 favs from the best 100 bands on "top-rated bands" plus some other songs from other groups they like. You dont need to put all in a message, of course, and if you dont want -or dont feel like trying it- you dont need to propose all 3 songs for all 100 groups.


Just as an example, i would vote on my first message for:

* QUEEN: Bohemian Rhapsody, March of the black queen, Innuendo.
* PINK FLOYD: Shine on you crazy diamond, Comfortably numb, Time
* BLUR: She`s so high, Villa Rosie, No distance left to run

and besides, one vote for the main song from "the good the bad and the ugly" soundtrack and another two for "Laura" and "I dont feel like dancing" from Scissor Sisters (which i think they are not amongst the 100 main bands).

These are just examples, but i could do this, leave my message here, and try some other bands and songs in some future message.

I compromise to count all songs that are voted (if someone wants to help your welcome!!), after some time we can fix the final date to propose songs, count them and start voting.

[NowhereMan]

I'm in

[JohnnyRocketFingers]

No bad idea
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[caralladas76]

Ok, seems it could work. I`ve already arranged an excel file to compute all your votes, so we can start when you like.

just 2 more considerations:

- in order not to make this a mess, please DONT CHANGE VOTES!! So please start with those bands you feel more "secure" while others vote for other bands and give you ideas. If you vote for 3 ledzep songs and then someone votes for "inmigrant song" which you didn`t choose and you realize now you want to include it. its going to be tough for me to count your votes.

- it doesn`t matter if the list of 100 "top-ranked bands" change (it probably will). Since you can vote bands out of that chart up to 3 songs as well, it doesnt change anything. The only thing that would change is that at the end we will pick, say, 3 songs from first 20 bands, 2 songs from bands to 21 to 100, and the 50 song voted the most from bands out of "top-ranked" list, so we can fix the final date to count votes and using the chart at that day for this purpose.


Hence, i think we can wait until next week to start, in order to let more people read this topic. There`s only one thing we must decide and it is whether you prefer 256 songs to start voting or 512 as Maxxy said (or even more??)

See you on monday.

[NowhereMan]

I feel 512 songs

I'm ready when everbody else is

[RFNAPLES]

Aretha Franklin-Respect-1967
Aretha Franklin-I Say a Little Prayer-1968
Aretha Franklin-Chain of Fools-1967
Beastie Boys-Sabotage-1994
Beastie Boys-Fight for Your Right (To Party)-1986
Beastie Boys-Intergalactic-1998
Bob Dylan-Like a Rolling Stone-1965
Bob Dylan-Subterranean Homesick Blues-1965
Bob Dylan-Tangled Up in Blue-1975
Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run-1975
Bruce Springsteen-Thunder Road-1975
Bruce Springsteen-Born in the U.S.A.-1984
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary-1969
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fortunate Son-1969
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Bad Moon Rising-1969
David Bowie-Heroes-1977
David Bowie-Space Oddity-1969
David Bowie-Changes-1971
Elvis Presley-Heartbreak Hotel-1956
Elvis Presley-Hound Dog-1956
Elvis Presley-Suspicious Minds-1969
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five-The Message-1982
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five-The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel-1981
Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel-White Lines (Don't Do It)-1983
Hank Williams-I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry-1949
Hank Williams-Your Cheatin' Heart-1953
Hank Williams-I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive-1952
James Brown-Papa's Got a Brand New Bag-1965
James Brown-Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine-1970
James Brown-It's a Man's Man's Man's World-1966
Johnny Cash-I Walk the Line-1956
Johnny Cash-Folsom Prison Blues-1956
Johnny Cash-Ring of Fire-1963
Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven-1971
Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love-1969
Led Zeppelin-Rock and Roll-1971
Little Richard-Tutti Frutti-1955
Little Richard-Long Tall Sally-1956
Little Richard-Good Golly Miss Molly-1958
Madonna-Like a Virgin-1984
Madonna-Into the Groove-1985
Madonna-Like a Prayer-1989
Marvin Gaye-I Heard It Through the Grapevine-1968
Marvin Gaye-What's Going On-1971
Marvin Gaye-Sexual Healing-1982
Michael Jackson-Billie Jean-1982
Michael Jackson-Beat It-1982
Michael Jackson-Don't Stop Till You Get Enough-1979
OutKast-Hey Ya!-2003
OutKast-Ms. Jackson-2000
OutKast-B. O. B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)-2000
Prince and The Revolution-When Doves Cry-1984
Prince and The Revolution-Little Red Corvette-1982
Prince-Sign 'O' the Times-1987
Public Enemy-Fight the Power-1989
Public Enemy-Bring the Noise-1987
Public Enemy-Rebel Without a Pause-1987
R.E.M.-Losing My Religion-1991
R.E.M.-Radio Free Europe-1981
R.E.M.-It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)-1987
Radiohead-Creep-1992
Radiohead-Fake Plastic Trees-1995
Radiohead-Paranoid Android-1997
Roy Orbison-Oh, Pretty Woman-1964
Roy Orbison-Only the Lonely-1960
Roy Orbison-Crying-1961
Sex Pistols-Anarchy in the U.K.-1976
Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen-1977
Sex Pistols-Pretty Vacant-1977
Sly and the Family Stone-Dance to the Music-1968
Sly and the Family Stone-Thank You (Falettime Be Mice Elf Again)-1969
Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People-1968
The Beach Boys-Good Vibrations-1966
The Beach Boys-God Only Knows-1966
The Beach Boys-Don't Worry Baby-1964
The Beatles-Strawberry Fields Forever-1967
The Beatles-A Day in the Life-1967
The Beatles-I Want to Hold Your Hand-1963
The Clash-London Calling-1979
The Clash-(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais-1978
The Clash-Complete Control-1977
The Everly Brothers-Bye Bye Love-1957
The Everly Brothers-All I Have to Do Is Dream-1958
The Everly Brothers-Cathy's Clown-1960
The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze-1967
The Jimi Hendrix Experience-All Along the Watchtower-1968
The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)-1968
The Rolling Stones-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction-1965
The Rolling Stones-Sympathy for the Devil-1968
The Rolling Stones-Jumpin' Jack Flash-1968
The Smiths-This Charming Man-1983
The Smiths-How Soon Is Now?-1984
The Smiths-There Is a Light That Never Goes Out-1986
The Temptations-My Girl-1964
The Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone-1972
The Temptations-Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)-1971
The Who-My Generation-1965
The Who-Won't Get Fooled Again-1971
The Who-I Can't Explain-1965
U2-One-1991
U2-Sunday Bloody Sunday-1983
U2-Pride (In the Name of Love)-1984
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[caralladas76]

OK, let's start.

THESE ARE THE RULES:

* PREVIOUS (FIRST) ROUND:
- Name your favourite songs, up to 3 songs by the same band/artist.
- Please vote the songs from the same band on the same message, and please dont change your votes later on.
- First round will be open for several weeks, so you may vote on different messages, dont need to write an enormous lenght message here...
- You may focus attention on bands amongst 100 bands on "top-ranked bands" list on this website, due to rules of selection explained later on. Anyway you dont need to vote all 3 songs from all 100 groups there or any other group.

* SELECTION RULES:
- In order to get a "bracket easy" number of 512 songs for the final round, these are the selection rules:
- 5 songs voted the most from each band on top20 of "top-ranked bands" here on this website.
- 4 songs from bands ranked from 21 to 50.
- 3 songs from bands ranked from 51 to 100.
- plus, the 142 songs voted the most from bands out of "top-ranked bands" on this website.
- If more songs are needed to be included (whenever a band on "top-ranked" list doesnt get the 3/4/5 songs allowed), we'll add song number 143, 144, and so on.
- All "even" results will be solved on a "break-even" round at the end of round one.
- "Top-ranked bands" list for this purpose will be considered as the list on this website the day we decide to stop this first round.

* FINAL ROUND.
- The 512 songs selected, by usual "pair to pair" selection process.
- We may discuss how to pair them later on.


Any other rules we may find necessary to proceed will be decided by all who engage this tournament.


Hey ho, let's go!!